Review: A Treachery of Spies

A Treachery of Spies by Manda Scott
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Set in present day France, with topical mentions of Je Suis Charlie and the terrorist attacks in Paris, which gives an air of reality right from the beginning.

Sophie, a member of the French resistance in the 1940’s, is found murdered in a quite gruesome way and so it begins. There are facts from World War 2 mixed with fiction in a tale of spies, murder and a 60 year mission. While, this happened in France, the CIA and NSA are involved too.

The main character Captain Picault, with her barely healed scars, is very shrewd and thorough with great insights and really seemed to understand people.

I loved the trips back in time, to the sending of war time messages in code and the de-coding explaining how simple spelling errors could hold this up for days, you could feel the pressure these men and women were under and the undercover missions. There are Nazi’s, collaborators and the Maquis (French resistance)...

Manda Scott has clearly done a great deal of research and the building of the characters is so good that there is such a great atmosphere that you can almost smell that lavender. A great read.

*I would like to thank the author/publisher/NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a fair and honest review

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